The cold dishes were ready-made, and they were served on the table as soon as they spoke. The sheep was slaughtered, and as soon as the skin of the hind legs was peeled, the iron egg unloaded the entire retreat handle and carried it to a short distance back home.

Before Xiangzi moved her chopsticks, she remembered Shuzhen's matter. was about to say this to Zhang Youcai, but he saw Tie Dan holding two dishes in his hand, grinned and put them in front of Shuzhen, and said, "This is specially fried for you when I go home." ”

Shuzhen smiled at him gratefully, and began to eat.

Xiangzi Chong Tie Dan nodded with a pleased smile, and was just about to put down the chopsticks, as if he suddenly remembered something, Chong Tie Dan said: "You let people make a steamed bun for those goods outside, and one person will have to hurry." ”

It didn't take much effort, Tie Dan came over with some displeasure on his face, and muttered: "When are you all here, you are still poor, and you don't eat white-flour steamed buns." ”

Shoko looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Tie Dan was frustrated and just wanted to shout, but he couldn't help but glance at Shuzhen, and said in a soft voice: "There are a few Hui people inside, saying that they don't eat Han people's things." ”

When Shuzhen heard this, she groaned. Put down the chopsticks and say, "I'll take a look." ”

Shuzhen saw that most of the bandits had one arm untied, and people were asked to hold guns to gnaw steamed buns, and there were only four of them, lying on the ground, like toads looking at the sky, staring at their necks and not moving.

Shuzhen smiled indifferently at them and said, "Are you Muslims? ”

The eyes of several people lit up at the same time, and when they saw that the person who came was a woman dressed as Han, they lowered their heads in frustration.

Shuzhen took a step forward and greeted them formally with the courtesy of the Hui people, saying, "I am also a Hui person, and that steamed bun is clean." ”

As he spoke, he raised the steamed bun in his hand and took a bite. The four of them hesitantly looked at the steamed buns in the basket, and there was a sound of dry swallowing in their throats.

One of them, a half-grown boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old, moved eagerly towards Shuzhen, turned sideways, and asked Shuzhen to untie the rope.

Looking at each other, a strong sense of compassion arises spontaneously.

Shuzhen hurriedly put half a steamed bun in her mouth, squatted down, and quickly untied the rope that tied her exquisitely.

The team member in charge of the guards just wanted to say something, but Shuzhen waved his hand to stop him and said, "It's okay, there is me." ”

Looking at the kid, gobbling up the steamed buns, Shuzhen hurriedly took a bowl of water and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, there are steamed buns." ”

Choked on two big steamed buns in one breath, and the things in the kid's eyes came alive.

Shuzhen added some water to his bowl again, looked at him kindly, and said, "What's your name?" Where is home? ”

The kid licked his chapped lips, rolled his clever and simple eyes, and muttered: "My name is Lord Mazi, I don't have a tuba, and I am from Guangquanzi." ”

Shuzhen sighed lightly, looked at the master Ma Zi with loving eyes and doubts, and said, "Look at you are still a doll, why do you eat this mouthful of rice?" ”

When the master Ma Zi asked, his neck was the ridge, as if he was enduring a sour pain that hit his heart.

After being depressed for a while, he glanced at Shuzhen with his eyes full of moisture, and said, "When I was ten years old, Ma Zhongying arrested me as a soldier, and in two years, my grandmother also died of illness." I chop wood and herd sheep for other people's lives, although my stomach can be full, but I can be bullied by other people's dolls. Later, Ha Zhanshan went to the village to rob people, and I was afraid of him when I saw him. At the moment, I want to follow him and see who dares to bully us again in the future. ”

Shuzhen glanced at her compassionately and asked softly, "When you are a bandit, are you living a comfortable life?" ”

The master Ma Zi, as if there was something unspeakable, shook his head dejectedly, sighed, and said: "What a mile of comfort, hide in Tibet all day long, and live a life in fear." When robbing people's houses, they were very majestic, and when they saw the robbed people's houses, they were ruined, and the family cried and cried, begging grandpa to sue grandma's pitiful image, and it was really uncomfortable in my heart. ”

As he spoke, the main horse lowered his head with a ashamed face.

At this time, the bearded man who had been staring at the main horse suddenly scolded: "You doll skin is not loose!" Horizontal and vertical are all dead, what are you talking about with your mother-in-law's family? Looking at your cowardly look, I can already see that you are a squatting and peeing goods! ”

When Shuzhen heard this, she suddenly felt a nameless flame surging all over her body. She rose from the ground and looked at the man's back, two riding boots.

The man was suddenly in pain, grinning his teeth and twisting his body, not even daring to turn his head back.

Shuzhen, a handful of the main horse that was frozen on the ground, came to the stone mill not far away. He patted the dirt off his body for the main horse, and stretched out his hand to comb it, mixed with blades of grass, and his hair was like a fallen bird's nest. looked at him kindly and said, "Do you want to be a good person?" ”

The master Mazi first shook his head, and then said eagerly: "Why don't you want to? I dreamed of it. ”

Shuzhen smiled gently and said, "Are you willing to follow your sister and live a stable life?" ”

Lord Ma Zi's heart was shocked, and he looked at Shuzhen in astonishment and said, "You mean, don't you kill me?" ”

Shuzhen smiled lovingly and said: "What do you want to kill, I am also a person who has no relatives and no reason, in the future, you will be my brother." ”

The main horse was tormented by a strong surprise for a while. Yuan stared at the simple and kind eyes, stiffened, and couldn't hold back a word. Two lines of cloudy tears rolled down happily from the dry and rough cheeks.

Shuzhen touched the shoulder of the main horse lovingly, and said in a soft voice: "I won't tell you the truth, I didn't have my parents when I was a child, and I grew up in the barracks." I lived a life of fighting, killing, and running around all day long. Sometimes, you don't get a hot meal for days. Since all these years of working for the government, I feel like a human being. ”

Saying that, Shuzhen seemed to be a little sad. His eyes were red, and he forced himself back. sighed lightly and said, "If you don't dislike your sister, you can live with your sister." I still have a few acres of land on my door, and there is no one to study in normal times, so I will hand it over to you when you go. In the future, I will give you a good daughter-in-law, and I will live an ordinary life. This army is in chaos, and I don't know when it is a head. ”

The main horse raised his hand to wipe the dirty face, and stared at Shuzhen for a long time with a pair of grateful and trusting eyes. Chapped lips, a few spasmodic tremors, said, "I listen to my sister." ”

When Xiangzi saw Shuzhen out of the courtyard, she didn't flash again. hurriedly choked on a steamed bun and found it. Seeing that Shuzhen was laughing affectionately with a little bandit, she came over curiously.

When the main horse saw Xiangzi, he looked a little nervous and restrained, and his not very strong body instinctively shrank back. Seeing this, Shuzhen reached out and tugged at the sleeve of the main horse, smiled at him and said, "Don't be afraid, he is his own family." ”

Xiangzi was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled knowingly and said, "It seems that there are many people in the family." ”